Hello JulesG,
Unfortunately the use of regular expressions in this case will not be possible. My first recommendation would be to store the standard output string in a String Property then pass that String to a code module (LabVIEW, CVI, .NET, whatever you're comfortable with) to parse it and return an Array of Strings.
If you absolutely must use TestStand's Functions, you may be able to accomplish your task by implementing the following pseudo-code:
Store Standard Output string in a String variable like Locals.myStandardOutput
Locals.startIndex = 0
Locals.endIndex = 0
Locals.arrayIndex = 0
While(Locals.startIndex != -1)
{
Locals.startIndex = Find(Locals.myStandardOutput, "hwTestLimit: ", Locals.endIndex, True, False)
If(Locals.startIndex == -1)
{
Break();
}
Locals.startIndex = Locals.startIndex + 13 //This will make startIndex equal to the index of the first character of the string
//following "hwTestLimit: "
Locals.endIndex = Find(Locals.myStandardOutput, "\n", Locals.startIndex, True, False)
Locals.mySubString[Locals.arrayIndex] = Mid(Locals.myStandardOutput, Locals.startIndex, Locals.endIndex - Locals.startIndex)
Locals.arrayIndex++
}
Note: Locals.mySubString will have to be an Array of Strings with a pre-defined size so be sure to make it large enough to store all of your substrings. Also, note that this is simply pseudo code and I haven't necessarily tried it or tested it so you may need to make a few tweaks.
Manooch H.
National Instruments
